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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Savard was a terrible trade, but at least you look at it in that the Flames were shipping out a 'malcontent' who didn't get along with the coach (who they then fired anyways, but that is beside the point).
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That's not beside the point at all. The only thing that could possibly explain that trade is if they truly had chosen the coach over the player to move forward with the coach's team.
Firing the coach took away any possible justification for the trade.